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Castle and Playing Cards Museum
Free admissionAltenburg is the town of playing-card manufacturers and of the Skat game. On a visit to the Altenburg Castle and Playing-Card Museum - once the favourite palace of Emperor Barbarossa - visitors will learn a lot about playing cards and the Skat game. More than 6,000 historic card games from five centuries, old printing moulds, card tables and equipment are presented in a separate exhibition complex, together with other exhibitions relating to the castle’s history. An old card-maker’s workshop gives an idea of how laborious card-making used to be. On each full hour, there are guided tours of the festive rooms, during which the famous Trost organ in the castle church can also be heard.
Opening hours
| Tuesday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Wednesday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
| Thursday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
| Friday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
| Saturday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
| Sunday: | 09:30 - 17:00 |
last entry 4.30 p.m.
Detailed information
- culture/history
- art
- folklore
- Guided tours for individual visitors in ballrooms and castle church at each full hour, guided tours for parties by appointment only
Services
- Guided tour without appointment
- Language: German, English, Russian, Ukrainian
